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Aeolus: Forecast is good for first ever wind-measuring satellite

This edition of Space comes from the coast of northern Norway, where we’ve come to the Andøya Space Centre to meet scientists working on a new satellite called Aeolus, which is measuring the winds all around our planet for the very first time. But right now they’re working on calibrating and validating all of the measurements they’re getting from orbit.
​This groundbreaking mission began with the rumble of an Italian Vega rocket, which in late August this year blasted ESA's long-awaited Aeolus satellite off into space, which is now flying fast and low, just 320 kilometres above our heads. More